I’ve been reviewing an updated summary of FY2017 legislator travel reimbursements provided by the Legislative Research Council. This updated list includes “miscellaneous” charges along with transportation,…
Category: South Dakota
In this week’s crime files, Cody James Gramkow of rural Olivet stands accused of stealing $67,000 worth of equipment: According to a press release from…
Watertown continues its love affair with federal airport dollars. In a special meeting Wednesday, the Watertown City Council unanimously approved spending $25,000 to further subsidize…
Sioux Falls non-profit Conscious Youth Solutions is holding a “Diversity and Inclusion Summit” next week Thursday, November 2, at the downtown Holiday Inn. Unlike the dreary stream…
The good news: Governing‘s Louis Jacobson says Trump and the Republican Congress have improved Democrats’ chances of winning governor’s races in 2018. In January, Jacobson rated…
The latest fundraising e-mail from U.S. House candidate Shantel Krebs touts her backing by big Republican donors seeking to counteract the efforts of pro-choice Emily’s…
Dismantling the abusive patriarchy in Pierre will involve more than any one change in law, legislative rule, or lobbying practice. Even electing all new legislators…
Instead of denigrating democracy like elitist Republicans do against insolent citizens who dare challenge the supremacy of the Legislature, the Chiesman Center for Democracy has…
On Monday, Attorney General Marty Jackley appointed former lawman and legislator Gene Abdallah to the Board of Pardons and Paroles. Before Abdallah takes that seat,…
My day ends on a happy note: some of my fellow South Dakotans had the good sense to disinvite out-of-state anti-Muslim conspiracy mongerer Ron Branstner and…